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Month: December 2013
4 Mealtimes for Kids this Holiday Season
Suggestions for decorating your meals with some festive spirit this holiday season…
The SOSCuisine team welcomes a communications enthusiast!
Amanda Labourot, a marketing graduate from HEC Montreal, has joined SOSCuisine as an “Interactive Media Manager”. Passionate about communications – but less clued up on cooking 😉 Amanda hopes to gain some insights from SOSCuisine about improving one’s health on a daily basis, whilst enjoying good food.
History of Cranberries
Cranberry, a cousin of the red bilberry, is present in all the sauces of the festive season! Used as a poultice by Native Indian witch doctors, cranberry was also adopted by American sailors to fight against scurvy. In fact, US troops consumed around 500,000 kg per year during the Second World War!
Festive menu on a budget 2013
During the Christmas season, we get carried away not only with gifts… but also with our spending! That’s why we have compiled a low budget festive menu for you. For less than $5 per serving, here is a five-course meal that will delight your guests. The price can be even lower if you use our […]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hangovers
After a party overflowing with good booze, when you drink 1.5 g of alcohol per kg of body weight (3 to 5 drinks for a person weighing 60 kg), chances are, you’ll end up with a headache, nausea and bothersome digestive symptoms. This is what is commonly known as “hangover”.
Eat Fruits and Vegetables Daily in 5 Easy Steps!
Did you know that the daily consumption of vegetables and fruits might help reduce the risk of certain types of cancer? Moreover, regularly eating large amounts of fruits and vegetables can also reduce the risk of heart disease. Yet it is not always easy to include these foods in our daily meals, among other things, […]
Hypotoxic Festive Menu 2013
In the last few years, the anti-inflammatory diet also known as “hypotoxic” has been gaining increasing popularity. Its success has been fuelled by the many people whose symptoms have been reduced after adopting this new diet. Indeed it seems to be beneficial against different ailments, in particular several autoimmune diseases. The main principles of this […]
AAA brewing monks needed
The enormous success of Belgian Trappist beer all over the world could come to a grinding halt due to aging monks and lack of new vocations. Mechanization is here. It takes less labor than before. But for beer to be recognized as Trappist, there have to be monks who manufacture or control it. 420,000 hectoliters […]
Our hypotoxic menus appreciated on the blog of Jacqueline Lagacé
There was a wonderful surprise awaiting us yesterday on the blog of Jacqueline Lagacé: A very nice testimonial from Chef Caroline Roy. If you are fans of a hypotoxic diet or gluten-free diet and live in Quebec or Ottawa, you probably know about the bakery products of Cuisine L’Angélique (and if you don’t know them […]
Best Food Items for the Food Drive
This article was originally written on December 10, 2013 and fully updated on November 21, 2022. Sadly the list of non-perishable items required by food banks for helping families in need is very long. This list includes, among other items, basic food such as flour, sugar, oil, rice, breakfast cereals, and canned vegetables. Of course […]
Vegetarian festive menu 2013
The number of people with dietary restrictions in our circle of family and friends is increasing by the day. Whether they are allergic or intolerant to a specific food, or they have simply adopted a different eating style, it’s becoming increasingly complicated to plan a festive meal that will please all of our guests. That’s […]
Mom Valérie and her little Léa love SOSCuisine
I discovered SOSCuisine.com several years ago. The idea that someone could take care of planning my meals for the week delighted me! I tried out several meal plans over the years: cook for one, semi-vegetarian… Then, in February 2013, I found out that I was pregnant. I quickly switched over to the pregnancy meal plan. […]
